History
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD occurred in or near this region, though the exact location is disputed. The Roman historian Gaius Cornelius Tacitus identified the location of the battle as saltus Teutoburgiensis (saltus meaning a forest valley in Latin), and the encounter was therefore called the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Recent excavations suggest that at least the final stages of the battle took place farther northwest, at Kalkriese, north of Osnabrück.
As of 2011 the Teutoburg Forest comprises two separate natural parks:
- TERRA.vita Nature Park, northwest part between Bielefeld and Osnabrück
- Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge Natural Park between Bielefeld and river Diemel
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